1999 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF brake

Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glove box light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glove Box
-Light 49
Glow plugs indicator light . . . . . . . . 16
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Head Restra ints
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
............. See also Booklet 2. 1
H eadlight
- Dimmer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight dimmer switch lever . . . 45
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated - Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-Mirrors .................. .. 51 - Passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Window ................... 43
Heated driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . .
51
Heated passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 44
Heat ing ...................... . 72
Heat ing interior quickly . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating system
.................. . .............. S ee
opening . . . . . See B ook let 3.2
Hooks
........................ 64
Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horn .
.......................... 3
............. See also Book le t 2.1 How to use the air conditioning
more economically
........... 77
How to use this Manual . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
- Key safety interlock . . . . .
..................... 98 key safety interloc k . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
size of luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Electronic power control . . . . . 16
- Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Engine coolant temperature . .
-Engine coolant temperature level ....................... - Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-Fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . 23

. . . . 23
One-touch down featu re . . . . . . . . 36
One-touch up feature . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Openi
ng the hood . . See
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operating controls
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Air .................. 74
Outs ide Mirrors
-
mirr ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
- Synchronized adjustment . . . . 52
Outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Outside temperature indicator . . . 12
Literature storage . . . . . . 71
literature storage . . . . . . . 71
p
button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
-Front
- Foreward & backward
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Heated seat switch . . . . . . . . .
44 -Heigh t adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
........................
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
-
Windows .................. 36
locking swi tch . . . . . . . . . . . 32
................... 31
outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 51
roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 41
-Emergency . . . . . . . . . . 41 - Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...
on multifunct io n
steering 46
Rear
- Doors,
Lock . . . . . 33
- Lid{Trunk Lid 34
-Lock . : : : : : : : : : : 33
- Remo
te Release . . . . . . . . . 28
- Backrest .....

w
Warning Indicator lights
- Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Alternator
Generator . . . . . . . 19 -Anti-Lock brake system . . . . . 17
Regulation . . . . . . . . . 17 -Brake ...................... 18
-
Rear lid open . . . . . . . . . 22
- Electronic power control . . . . . 16
-
Engine L evel . . . . . . . .
Temperature . -Engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Malfunction indicator
open ............... 22
belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
-Trunk Rear
also Booklet 3.2
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wi ndo w
Windshield
-
-
p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windshie
ld wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wiper
.........................
-Rear window ...............
Washer system
-Blades ..................... 48
-
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Remo vi
ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
W iper /Was her system . . . . . . . . . . 46
-Container capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booklet 3.3
- Fluid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booklet 3.2
- Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Wiper speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
118 -------------------ALPHBETICAL INDEX

Braking
General notes
The brakes on today 's
in stop­and-go city tr affic or whic h are driven
the brake
tres) of
This
Conditions affecting
braking efficiency
Moisture or road

AND
Overheating the brakes
ster has somehow been damaged, the brake pedal must be pressed
harder to make up for the lack of
booster assistance.
8

Functioning of Anti-Lock Brake
System (ABS)*
The contributes to
when the brakes are This
means that the remain s
and is
the brake.
Just
short­
ens braking distance under
or on new­
Therefore .
under these circumstances , it is
and with
great care.
begins to rotate too to the automatically reduces
brake pressure to prevent that
This automatic adjustment process
is not functioning a warning
see
Booklet 3. 1.
ing

AND
if a d if­ference of approx. rpm's in the speed of
the driven is on a
be braked in a manner,
and more of the engine's power
via the differentia l
to achieve greater traction.
This automatic adjustment process
When driving off, be sure to keep
road conditions
in mind as you acce lerate . spins because it's on a
increase the pres­
sure on the accelerator the ve­starts to move .
When accelerating on
To prevent the disc brake of the braked
from overheat ing if subjec ted to the EDL cuts out temporarily.
The
the EDL does not function . This is indicated by the
ditions and traffic situation. r
tions, for or a d ifferent

Operate your
The condition of your
ly for changing the brake
Booklet 2.1.
even those sitting in the rear -see Booklet 2. 1.
Passengers not wearing safety belts
but also the driver and other
AND ADVICE
Booklets 2.1 and
3.1.
Booklet 2. 1
at
eye
Booklet 3.1.
rack Booklet 3 . 1 .
DRIVING AND